Re: [DL] Fudging

[jmb@dwarven.co.uk (John Billings)]

On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 04:32:32PM +0000, Evil Robot Shane From Another Dimension wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 04:13:37PM +0000, John Billings said:
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> > Spolier space.
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>  For this post anyway, no spoilers unless you're a member of his posse.  In
>  fact non-Marshals might find it an interesting topic too...

I suppose that could be true. :) 
 
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> > Marshalls amongst us - an earlier thread raised the point of fudging, 
> > or cheating - to what extent to other marshalls use this?
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>  There's as many different opinions on this topic as there are GMs, or
>  perhaps even roleplayers.  So this is merely my take on it.

A whole can of worms i've opened up here then? ;)

>  I would say never fudge.  If you need to railroad your players by fudging,
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>  a novel.

That is a fair comment, i guess.  I am quite an inexperienced marshall - but i
guess i'll learn.  I also have a very new posse, so they aren't picking me up
on stuff as quickly as they might..

>  The other approach to take is where everybody works together to an end -
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>  playing.  I hate even suspecting that it might be happening.

Also a fair comment.  I guess what it means is that if i have to do it, i have
to hide it well. :)


cheers,

John